Feature Lines

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About Feature Lines
Feature lines are 3D objects which can be used as grading footprints, surface breaklines, and as corridor baselines.
About the Feature Lines Collection (Prospector Tab)
Use the Feature Lines collection in the Prospector tree to manage feature line styles and layers. You can also view feature line information, such as length, elevation, and grade.
About Creating Feature Lines From Objects
You can create a feature line by converting existing 2D or 3D polylines, lines, or arcs. You can select objects in the current drawing or from an Xref.
To Create Feature Lines From Objects
About Relative Feature Lines
Feature line elevations can be obtained from a surface and can also be relative to a surface, so if the surface is updated, the feature line is updated.
To Assign Feature Line Elevations when Creating Feature Lines from Objects
About Creating Feature Lines From Alignments
You can create a feature line from an alignment, and use this feature line to grade from the alignment geometry.
To Create Feature Lines From Alignments
To Remove Dynamic Links from Feature Lines Created from Alignments or Corridors
To Draw Straight Segments of Feature Lines
To Draw Curved Segments of Feature Lines
To Establish Feature Line Arc Direction
To Apply Feature Line Names
To Apply Feature Line Styles
To Edit Feature Line Styles
To Select All Feature Lines in a Site
To Add a Feature Line to a Surface as a Breakline

Parent topic: Grading